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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Rotherham
- Town
- Brampton
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- JOSEPH HERBERT MORCOM (Sculptor)
MR S PERKINS PICK (Architect) - Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: 1986
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Unveiled
Date: 27 September 1919
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47428
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Current location
Next to the community centre
Knollbeck Lane
Brampton
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S73 0TU
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 41465 01515
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Pit Lane
Brampton Bierlow
South Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Pit Lane
- Description
- Tapered square pillar with plain double cornice and flat top. Niches on left and right hand sides at the top. Metal name plaques inset into each of the four sides. Half colliery winding wheel from Cortonwood Colliery set as a backdrop to the pillar. It originally had two bronze figures inset into opposite niches of the monument. Laurel wreath carving at the top. Two bronze figures of a miner and a soldier were cast at Rotherham College in 1991. These are placed in the niches for Remembrance Day but are otherwise kept elsewhere for safe keeping.
- Inscription
- MEN OF THE / CORTONWOOD COLLIERIES / WHO HAVE FALLEN / DURING THE WAR / MEN WHO JOINED / HM FORCES / FROM THE CORTONWOOD COLLIERIES
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, M
Allott, J
Allsopp, A
Andrews, J
Askin, C
Atmore, T
Ayscough, T
Bagnall, F
Bailey, P
Baker, I
See details for all 589 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 673
Served and returned: 589
Died: 84
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: height C 4000MM, width C 1000MM
Materials: Stone - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Column
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Cortonwood Colliery War Memorial
- WMO ID: 178191
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 21-11-2017]
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- History
- 2003: The two missing bronze figures were replaced but shortly after they were made the original figures were found in a headgerow. The replacement figures are currently kept in the Community Centre. Date unknown: Two bronze figures fixed into opposite niches on the monument went missing.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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